lactifer
Latin
Etymology
From lac (“milk”) + -fer (“carrying, bearing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlak.ti.fer/, [ˈɫ̪äkt̪ɪfɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlak.ti.fer/, [ˈläkt̪ifɛr]
Adjective
lactifer (feminine lactifera, neuter lactiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- milk-bringing, producing milk
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | lactifer | lactifera | lactiferum | lactiferī | lactiferae | lactifera | |
| Genitive | lactiferī | lactiferae | lactiferī | lactiferōrum | lactiferārum | lactiferōrum | |
| Dative | lactiferō | lactiferō | lactiferīs | ||||
| Accusative | lactiferum | lactiferam | lactiferum | lactiferōs | lactiferās | lactifera | |
| Ablative | lactiferō | lactiferā | lactiferō | lactiferīs | |||
| Vocative | lactifer | lactifera | lactiferum | lactiferī | lactiferae | lactifera | |
References
- lactifer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lactifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette